Clinical governance: State of the art and experiences from hospitals in the Italian National Health System

Journal title MECOSAN
Author/s Antonio Giulio de Belvis, Nicola Pinelli, Pietro Ramaglia, Walter Ricciardi, Antonio D'Urso
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2022/124
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 137-151 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/mesa2022-124oa16275
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This article studies the experience of Italian Hospitals of National Health System (NHS) on the degree of dissemination and maturity of the tools of CG. The authors analyzed the results of an online survey on 2022-2023 involving Hospitals and Local health Units joining to the Italian Federation of Healthcare Organizations (FIASO). The research uncovers both the presence of homogeneity in the adaptation to the organizational change of care and the lack of attention to issues related to the tools that support clinical activities: a) the encouragement of personalised treatment planning and the involvement of multidisciplinary teams; b) the need to focus on value based care and hospital-territory integration; c) the poor use of telemedicine and digital instruments able to track and monitor the patient in the various stages of his care path within the organization. 

Keywords: ; CG; Italian NHS; Hospitals; Corporate Organization

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Antonio Giulio de Belvis, Nicola Pinelli, Pietro Ramaglia, Walter Ricciardi, Antonio D'Urso, Clinical Governance: Stato dell’arte ed esperienze delle Aziende del Sistema Sanitario Nazionale italiano in "MECOSAN" 124/2022, pp 137-151, DOI: 10.3280/mesa2022-124oa16275